DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/13 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.4 - - 80.1 - - 76.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 20 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3711 - - 2327 - - 1036 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2873 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4600 - - 3216 - - 1925 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1035 - - 1108 - - 3336 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 312 - - 181 - - 59 W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 3 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 097 - - 105 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 16 - - -2 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 622 - - -520 - - -5 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3978 - - 3736 - - 1930 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3169 - - -3626 - - -887 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7769 - - 6842 - - 2812 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 250 - - 210 - - 780 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.4 - - 80.1 - - 76.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.0 - - 66.6 - - 70.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.8 - - 80.2 - - 76.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.7 - - 65.4 - - 70.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 20 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3711 - - 2327 - - 1036 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 93 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 16 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99498 19 097 26 094 28 099 99498 92000 22 109 18 112 20 082 92000 86213 20 112 15 112 14 113 86213 81405 17 098 10 118 12 085 81405 77260 16 099 10 139 7 089 77260 73585 15 091 10 131 6 131 73585 70249 8 073 11 095 7 116 70249 67191 4 055 6 068 3 096 67191 64375 5 005 4 059 5 039 64375 61671 5 290 1 197 4 295 61671 58874 9 284 6 307 6 292 58874 55978 16 268 16 275 13 264 55978 53221 24 281 23 285 19 289 53221 50773 36 276 37 265 34 279 50773 48613 39 258 34 265 36 274 48613 46664 39 248 48 295 44 279 46664 44874 31 280 68 292 53 290 44874 43209 59 286 68 284 60 273 43209 41647 69 279 69 279 55 267 41647 40171 68 277 60 268 54 262 40171 38769 65 276 49 274 52 261 38769 37404 60 272 51 279 53 269 37404 36009 54 269 54 279 55 275 36009 34556 49 269 57 278 58 278 34556 33050 45 270 57 277 62 280 33050 31473 43 273 56 275 62 281 31473 29813 45 272 54 273 58 280 29813 28076 45 270 51 272 60 278 28076 26262 45 270 48 273 61 273 26262 24372 45 269 47 276 61 273 24372 22409 45 263 47 277 55 267 22409 20369 45 252 49 278 51 265 20369 18247 41 238 51 280 51 271 18247 16090 27 239 58 276 53 276 16090 14015 23 247 58 275 39 275 14015 12134 17 246 50 273 13 311 12134 10468 8 268 45 286 13 297 10468 8988 4 232 35 289 20 293 8988 7675 4 194 8 246 14 287 7675 6514 4 205 7 191 5 255 6514 5486 3*206 6 192 4 169 5486 4581 3*221 5 121 3 165 4581 3781 3 222 9*096 3 152 3781 3063 4 220 10*096 3 135 3063 2427 4 218 10 096 4*118 2427 1896 4 215 10 097 5*109 1896 1488 4 212 10 098 5 105 1488 1207 3 211 9 098 4 103 1207 1036 3 211 8 098 4 103 1036 939 3 210 6 100 3 100 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography